From: Alin Nastac <mrness@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy on RESTRICT=[no]mirror and use of mirror://foo/
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 07:37:07 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <427AF473.8020709@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200505051430.18082.cshields@gentoo.org>
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Corey Shields wrote:
>At one point in time someone suggested that we may as well utilize other
>people's mirror networks that are already out there, rather than our own.
>This then got implemented for stuff like sourceforge packages.
>
>Unfortunately this plays hell for lots of people. If you have a local mirror,
>then you get files fast and without using your outside bandwidth. Having to
>wait for a file from some mirror in zimbabwe because "that package already
>has a mirror structure" defeats the purpose of running a local mirror.
>
>
I know only one mirror network who could worth the hassle: cpan.
Perl has a nice geographically distributed network of mirrors. Too bad
portage can't automatically select the closest cpan mirror. :(
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-06 4:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-05 21:04 [gentoo-dev] Policy on RESTRICT=[no]mirror and use of mirror://foo/ Robin H. Johnson
2005-05-05 21:20 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-05-05 21:30 ` Corey Shields
2005-05-06 4:37 ` Alin Nastac [this message]
2005-05-06 5:53 ` Robin H. Johnson
2005-05-06 6:06 ` Brian Harring
2005-05-06 21:08 ` Chris Gianelloni
2005-05-07 16:42 ` Lance Albertson
2005-05-05 22:01 ` Mike Frysinger
2005-05-05 22:06 ` Lance Albertson
2005-05-05 22:21 ` Corey Shields
2005-05-05 22:22 ` Lance Albertson
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